Alright - today I just turned in my first 3 applications!
It was pretty disappointing, how carsalespeople will treat you like crap if you're not interested in buying a car... but that's ok!
I turned one into honda, one into nissan mitsu and huyndai, and one into suburu and toyota. Apparently dealerships will often share service departments.
It was interesting.. the guy at suburu quickly interviewed me, only to tell me he had no spots open... how's that work!?!?! Eh, whatever, it was a grand expiriace.